John Wesley Young
John Wesley Young (born November 17, 1879 in Columbus , Ohio, † February 17, 1932 in Hanover , New Hampshire) was an American mathematician.
Young graduated from the Ohio State University mathematics and philosophy with a bachelor's degree in 1899 and at the Cornell University Mathematics with a Master's degree at George Abram Miller in 1901 and his doctorate in 1904. He was at the Northwestern University of Princeton University , the University of Illinois , the University of Kansas, and the University of Chicago before becoming a professor at Dartmouth College in 1911 . Young headed the Mathematics Faculty from 1911 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1925.
He dealt with geometry and group theory. With Oswald Veblen he wrote a book on projective geometry and developed a system of axioms for projective geometry. He was also the co-author and editor of several mathematics textbooks. The axiom of Veblen-Young and the theorem of Veblen and Young in projective geometry are named after him and Veblen .
From 1929 to 1930 he was President of the Mathematical Association of America , of which he was a founding member. He was an associate editor of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
He was the brother-in-law of Eliakim Hastings Moore .
Fonts
- with Veblen Projective geometry , 2 volumes, Ginn u. Co., Boston and London, 1910, 1918
- with Albert Schwartz Plane Geometry , Holt, New York 1923
- with Schwartz Solid Geometry , Holt 1925
- Lectures on fundamental concepts of algebra and geometry , Macmillan 1911
- with Frank Morgan Elementary mathematical analysis , Macmillan 1917
- with Fort, Morgan Analytical Geometry , Houghton Mifflin 1936
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young, John Wesley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus (Ohio) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1932 |
| Place of death | Hanover, New Hampshire |